TB cases (1974-2018) and controls (1998-2018) analytical dataset (Karonga)
Malawi
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01
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Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean
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Nov 14, 2025
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Site of TB [1] (tbtype1)
Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final
Overview
Valid:
9090
Invalid:
3821
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
222
End:
223
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Site of TB
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Other | 332 |
3.7%
|
| 1 | Lungs | 6972 |
76.7%
|
| 2 | Pleura | 495 |
5.4%
|
| 3 | Intrathoracic Lymph | 35 |
0.4%
|
| 4 | Other Lymph Node | 398 |
4.4%
|
| 5 | Skin (lupus vulgaris) | 10 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Meningitis | 50 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Miliary | 104 |
1.1%
|
| 8 | Abdominal | 136 |
1.5%
|
| 9 | Bone and joint | 194 |
2.1%
|
| 10 | Clinical trial | 65 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Child contact | 1 |
0%
|
| 12 | Reactive mantoux only | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | unknown | 298 |
3.3%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 3821 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.